The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26

There are forty bridges in Kalamazoo
over the Kalamazoo River and creeks.

over the Kalamazoo River and creeks.
Bronson has two Masons who have
each been attending lodge meetings FOR
sixty three years.
--Governor Luce has been elected one
Of the Vice Presidents Of the American
Agricultural and Dairymen's Association.
III. G. Saeger was fined S25 at Macki-
nae few days ago for severely pounding
the face OF a young 10y and chewing his
thumb.
Frank A. Atkinson, letter carrier in
Detroit, was detected in thefts by means of
decoy letters mailed by the Postoffice In
spectors.
"A stock company, composed of several
Bronson business men, has been organized
for the purpose Of exploring the earth for
iron ore.
The fruit growers OF Ann Arbor are
missing bonus of $1,000 for fruit can
ming and preserving factory to be estab-
lished there.
Tho brain.o of the late Prof. Olney, of
Ann Arbor, weighed sixty one ounces. The
average human brain weighs only forty
nine ounces.
-Four stores at Chelsea were destroyed
by fire the other day, causing loss of
S25, 1000. An explosion OF powder helped
the spread of the flames.
The winter herring fishing of the Sault
River is up to its general average. II is no
uncommon occurrence for net of two
pounds TO lift three hundred fish.
There is piece of land in the vicinity
OF Reed City on which party of capital
lists believe oil can be found, and they nave
sent East for the necessary tools to dig sew
eral holes.
"A Reed City man had five colonies OF
bees in his cellar for safe keeping during
the winter. The recent thaw flooded his
cellar and his bees are dead He estimates
his loss at S75.
"A purse of nearly 81 200 is to he given
by the citizens of Ishpeming to Pat Sulli-
van, miner, who. took out corpse from
tho bottom OF deep shaft after profess
sional divers had failed.
George Il. Bpssett, of Kalamazoo,
came into possession OF property worth
$3.50, 900 last winter BY his extravaganza
he was fast dissipating it, and application
has been made for guardian for him.
Godfrey knight, of schoolcraft, is q
spry old gentleman of 10l years who at
lendeds horse races and fairs, runs foot
races. and is fond of singing eighteenth
century songs and OF telling antediluvian
stories.
Up 10 date the whole number OF "lifers'
in the Jackson Prison is sixty-nine, OF
whom sixty are paying the legal penalty
for murder, seven for rape, one for as
sault and robbery, and one for assault
with intent TO murder. kalamazoo Teie.
graph.
B. II. Meuhle. United States Assistant
Engineer is now making survey Of the
harbor at Cheboygan for letting the con.
tracts in the spring TO complete the dredg-
| ing 10 fifteen feet The work will be don,
at the opening of navigation. Twenty foul
thousand dollars is TO be expended on the
harbor.
Sam Hamilton shot dead John Patter.
son, his employer. in Patterson's house
twenty miles from Escanaba, few days
ago. Hamilton says that he interviewed q
protect Pattersons wife from violence al
the hands of her husband, and was com
PEELED to shoot Patterson or be shot down
himself.
The salt report for January shows
there was inspected during that month
| quantities as follows: Saginaw County
7S.799 barrels; Bay County, 3i,0SJ barrels
Manistee County, 1905 barrels; Huron
County, 4,l5s barrels; Midland County
$3.50 barrels; st. Clair County, S,4c0 bar.
rels; Mason County, $500 barrels. Total
1870, 063 barrels. The inspection year com
monces Dec. /, and the following is com.
parative showing:
December. 1902 25SA50 250.gis 23o. %
January ......,..iT,f9s iii,75) ~, sos 1905
There are Ave ladies enrolled in the
Law Department Of Michigan Universit,
this year. One is young girl from the
Sandwich Islands, tho granddaughter Of
an honored missionary of the Consr ga
tional Church. Her father, who is promi.
nent lawyer on the islands, has fosteret
her natural bept foword LEGAL efu1v An ,